Conifer-dominated palynofloras in the Middle Pennsylvanian strata of the De Lutte-6 borehole, the Netherlands: Implications for evolution, palaeoecology and biostratigraphy

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 188, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-37

  van Hoof, Thomas B ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b,c   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^d   Kerp, Hans ^c  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; climate change; palaeoecological; palynology; Pennsylvanian; walchian conifers

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDAITALES; FILICOPHYTA; FLORINITES; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 84869216057     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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